James Cameron’s live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita was discussed with the guys at MarketSaw3D in an interview with concept artist Mark Goerner. Goerner has worked for years as a concept artist in the game and film industries, and had the opportunity to work on concepting for Battle Angel at Lightstorm Entertainment for about a year-and-a-half before moving on to work on Cameron’s Avatar.

Although it is speculated that this is Cameron’s next project after Avatar, don’t expect to see the post-apocalyptic world of GUNNM anytime soon. A possible 2011 release is being buzzed around online communities. At least we have Avatar to look forward to in 2009 to keep us satiated for the time being.